Parrot Bebop Drone and Sky Controller Review

Soar through the sky and see the unseeable with fantastic aerial photos and smooth videos: this is the Parrot Bebop Drone and Sky Controller – and we're giving away the complete set to one lucky reader!

Parrot have carved themselves a mid-range niche in the drone market: too expensive to be called toys, but nowhere as costly as some professional models. Their newest flagship quadcopter – building on the successful AR Drone 2.0 – is the Bebop Drone, now available in a package with the new long range Sky Controller, for $900 (or roughly $1200 if you're ordering from Europe). That's quite a price jump, so we have to ask if it's worth it. The short answer is: maybe.

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[krudttest]

Does it fly back to Home by itself if it loses the connection ?
or is there a button to press?

[EricWoodyVariety]

In Brookstone its now $499.00 as of October 2015.

[cahounek]

hi, do you have some link for the 1600mAh batteries or better? thanks a lot!

[nextstorming]

I bought the full package for $100 on alibaba and it was smashed to bits in the box when I got it

[mcmdrones]

Tudo bom, Marcelo do canal bate papo com o vendedor mcm drones, parabéns pelo vídeo 😊, um conselho voce recomenda adiquirir um hoje por volta de 100 dólares?

[justinh]

What's the name of the battery that give more time to the drone?

[hussamhassan]

plz what the different between model of parrot bebop 2 and 3.
and if you have idea. what the best. parrot drone bebop or upair one drone ?
thanks

[easynowoldchap]

how do i get the camera to work without having to use my phone to controll the drone

[timeplaythebest]

Thanks. Does it only take fisheye photos or can I take regular square photos with it. Thanks.

[PolecatCreekGarage]

$900 where do they get these prices from?

[depresskam]

no video lag? mine is without skycontroller and fpv is just unusable! and also RTH doesn't work! that's weird because flightplan does work!

[theodorh.]

Parrot them selves sayd the flight time is about at 11min not 25 accept if you use the secondary battierie pack after the usage of the first one it will come to about 22min

[FitGODAnkush]

how far can the parrot bepop drone can go. whats the Max Range

[liamgreen]

should i pick one up in 2016 for 300 quid

[hansnews]

The dji phantom 3 advanced cost only $750 dollars

[mateolopez]

Ha I bought the sky controller and the bebop drone for less than 300 dollars of coarse I’m watching in 2018 so...

[newadventures]

just got this full kit from argos for £250

[imcurious]

Hardly a review not a single mention of what the controls do just a video of someone flying a drone. Thumbs down waste of time